Librairie Drawn & Quarterly

If you’re trying to save money, don’t come here!
I swear you’re going to blow your budget on the great books and illustrated comics in that they carry here in their very, highly curated selection here.
I love independent bookstores and if you’re like me and try to avoid the generic mega bookshops, then D & Q is probably the best in the city to visit. I’m not the only one who loves this place. When David J of legendary goth band Bauhaus fame, and later part of Love & Rockets, was in Montréal a few months back for a book reading and signing of his book «Who Killed Mister Moonlight?: Bauhaus black magick and benediction», he was positively raving about this place as well.

I’ve worked in bookstores before and I know a good one when I see one. Librarie Drawn & Quarterly is a cute little store. They have a little bit of everything and things are well-​organized. I browsed for a bit and got a copy of «Wild» as well as a tote bag, which was $ 10. The bookseller who rang me up was pleasant and helpful. If I lived in this neighborhood, this would probably be my go-​to bookstore.

What could be better?
D&Q is a Montréal legend and a well-​known gem of the Mile-​End. They have been around since 1990 and it’s clear why: their staff is very knowledgable and friendly, they have a huge selection that is both comprehensive and niche-​y, their prices are fair and reasonable, and they support local and independent talent.
The best of the best and always worth a trip.

A great little library full of little surprises. Good prices and great selection of local and world books. Cool editions that differ from your standard conglomerate library.

Huge specialist selection of comics and graphic novels. Both contemporary graphic novels, comic books and magazines, kids’ stuff too. A little bit of high-​quality artistic manga, like the complete Nausicaa collection from Hayao Miyazake, but not overwhelmed with manga like many comic shops are. Gigantic collectors’ editions of Mad and Little Nemo historical books.

Very cute bookshop in the northern part of the city. It feels warm and inviting and is charmingly appointed. But be aware that it is on the small side, and one half of the store seemed to be devoted to graphic novels and comics. I love graphic novels but if you’re looking for a huge selection of, say, literary fiction or non-​fiction, this did not really seem like a good place to go. They have a little bit of everything here, but it’s primarily a graphic novel shop. (I guess I didn’t get the meaning of «drawn and quarterly.»)
I mention this because during my recent visit to Montréal I was staying downtown and it took considerable effort to go to this place. (It’s a good walk from any of the nearby metro stations, and if you take Rosemont as I did it involves a long walk along a highway overpass – kind of confusing.) Anyway, I’m glad I stopped in, but had I known more about the shop I might have planned my visit differently.

Absolutely incredible. My boyfriend and I spent hours here the last time we were in Montréal. Everything is set up so well, the options are incredible if you’re a fan of independents and graphic novels (don’t come looking for superhero comics!). We walked away with a couple zines as gifts. Oh my, there’s so much amazing stuff to look at, I got trapped here for ages. And the girl working was gorgeous and had really cool hair (I know that’s not a super necessary fact to know about this shop, but it’s true, she was a dream). If I lived in Montréal I would spend all of my money here and be fine with it. Great books too, in addition to all the comics & graphic novels. They had the new John Waters book when I was here and a bunch of classics as well. Truly an amazing place.

Montréal gem! Publishing house and bookstore, this is the best place to find the latest and coolest books of all kind. They’ve got the most knowledgable staff for miles and miles.

McSweeney’s mecca.
The holy land for books, and not just any kind.
Product is expertly chosen so you’ve definitely got a variety. Design books, graphic novels, fashion, feminism, culture, kids… On and on… Its just the right size and you can easily find something interesting.
Wallets, beware. Its a candy store minus the sugar crash.

Drawn and Quarterly is a fatal place for my wallet. I am a bibliophile.
I can’t go in here without spending all my dimes and nickels on the latest je-​né-​sais-​quoi/​qui I am interested in (they have lots of different genres from cook books to fiction to graphic novels — they also publish their own books.)
You will want to come back often if you are book nerd like me. I want to live here.

I could have spent a million years and a million dollars in this store.
A friend of mine had pointed it out as a must see, but I didn’t fully understand why until I stepped in.
They have an incredible selection of children’s books, comics, hand drawn gorgeous books and then also fiction and non-​fiction.
I spent about an hour flipping through everything I could get my hands on, but because I was travelling I walked away with one little book.
The moral of this short post, go there, buy books, and love it.

Mon endroit préféré dans le monde!
Ma dernière volonté c’est qu’on éparpille mes cendres dans cette librairie … ce n’est vraiment pas smath pour les autres mais j’aime trop cet endroit et je veux y rester éternellement.
Trêve de plaisanteries et de commentaires creepy … Cette librairie est une source inépuisable de romans graphiques, bande-​dessinées et de littérature d’une qualité exceptionnelle. Un seul après-​midi dans cette librairie à feuilleter et lire des extraits de livre équivaut a 10 ans de nouvelles découvertes.
Si je pouvais porter les enfants de cette librairie, je le ferais … (ok, fin des commentaires creepy, promis)

Oh man, if I lived in Montréal, this store would be where all my money ran off to. Great little shop featuring graphic novels, comics, a well-​curated selection of other books, and an awesome cookbook nook (in the front window to your right as you walk in — I almost missed it!). Sigh… wish this were closer to my home in DC.

This is a great bookstore. The selection of fiction, nonfiction, and graphic novels is fantastic. And the staff is happy to help with suggestions if asked. I was looking for books and graphic novels by authors from Montréal and the woman working at the store that evening could not have been more helpful. I will definitely go back to this store the next time I am in Montréal.

Pretty wide variety of graphic novels as well as some shorter comics and a few «traditional» (non-​graphic?) novels. While I was happy to see books by many artists I know I like, I would have appreciated some more written recommendations throughout the store to highlight lesser known writers (ie, if you like X, you’ll like Y).

I’ve never seen a bookstore with so many darn good-​looking books. The storefront is well curated and definitely worth the trip, even for a traveler staying downtown.
My only regret is traveling with a small suitcase — so tiny that my only purchase could be the equally tiny «Scenes from an Impending Marriage» by Adrian Tomine.

Another super community oriented creative bright light on Bernard full of the best and most beautiful books — not just the weep-​worthy graphic novels published by Drawn and Quarterly, but novels and books of poetry and non-​fiction as well. I just found an impeccable new copy of Anne Carson’s Nox at Drawn and Quarterly and was thrilled to see that the price they were charging was the same as the «American» price listed on the back i.e.; not the «Canadian» price which is $ 10 more for no reason. Drawn and Quarterly hosts heartwarming events all year — readings, book launches, and creative talks. Definitely a lovely place to spend some time and buy (your soul!) some gifts.

Drawn & Quarterly opened as a sort of outlet for the publications of its parent publishing house, as well as many of their confrères and consoeurs in the independent comics business. It could have just been a mere specialty bookstore, and the literary landscape of Montréal would still have been much better off. But it quickly became so much more – a truly dynamic presence in Montréal’s book scene (book launches! readings! workshops!) and a beacon in the realm of Anglo book distribution in Quebec. So not only do you get a truly supreme selection of comics and graphic novels, but you also get kids’ books, DIY books, cookbooks, art books, locally produced poster art, and a small, but extremely well-​chosen, collection of fiction and belles lettres. Throw in some friendly, knowledgeable staff and some good taste in music, and it all adds up to the best all-​around Montréal bookstore experience since Ficciones on Duluth (r.i.p.).

Cette petite librairie de langue anglaise, qui située sur la rue Bernard, offre une sélection limitée de livres principalement composés de livres canadiens et illustrés. Cette petite librairie, qui appartient à l’éditeur montréalais du même nom, est étonnamment aérée. Contrairement à la plupart des petites librairies indépendantes que j’ai eu l’occasion de fréquenter, qui empilent les livres jusqu’à plus soif jusqu’au plafond, la librairie Drawn & Quarterly a opté pour la solution contraire: garder très peu de livres en inventaire. Ainsi, les livres sont exposés de face sur les tables et il est aisé de bouquiner. Cependant, si on cherche un titre en particulier, on a peu de chance de le trouver dans cette librairie. Ainsi, on retrouve beaucoup de livres signés par des auteurs montréalais, comme la dernière biographie de Mordecai Richler, ou encore quelques «best-​sellers» américains en format poche, comme True Grit. Bien entendu, on retrouve la plupart des titres publiés par la maison d’édition propriétaire de la librairie. Bref, si vous né savez pas quoi acheter comme livre, je vous recommande cette librairie éclectique, où faire votre choix sera à la fois moins difficile et moins périlleux, grâce à la présélection de ses libraires.

Missed my bus after getting some bagels from St. Viateurs’; looking across the stop, I noticed D&Q (the Bernard location), which was most auspicious as I’d been planning on figuring out where it was already.
Like all awesome bookstores, the place was brimming with books I absolutely adore and books I had no previous knowledge of but just sang to me as I flipped through them.
I assume that their focus is on graphic novels, perhaps art and art periodicals, but I found some awesome cookbooks, as well as books on general ergonomic and visual design.
The staff was pretty chill and awesome, really friendly as I made my purchases, as well as writing down whatever cool music was playing as I was in the store.
If I lived in the city, I’d regularly come back to see what exciting new things float through their rotation.

this is actually referring to drawn & quarterly the bookstore around the corner on 211 bernard west.
if you like to read anything from auster to kundera to random funny biographies of big foot, and favor the graphic novel styles found in persopolis and ghost world, i have some bad news for you.
you won’t be able to leave drawn & quarterly without spending at least 40 dollars and that is only if you have a lot of discipline. it’s not that the books are overpriced, it’s just they have everything an avid reader could want.
small, inviting, and unlike a lot of independent bookstores i’ve frequented, not stocked with arrogant people behind the counter.
the only complaint is that they close so freaking early. a bookstore closing at five in a city where they’re often the only thing open after ten on a school night is almost unacceptable. but i’ll forgive them. i’m magnanimous like that.

First of all, I love the name: if you’re going to go with a pun, it had better be a good one, and «Drawn and Quarterly» is perfect for a comics publisher. But the material they put out is truly and consistently top-​notch contemporary indie stuff: Seth, Chester Brown, Kevin Huizenga, et al.
Maybe what I respect most about Drawn and Quarterly is that they’re uniquely Canadian, without seeming like they do «Can-​con» just to fill some quota. Read something like Seth’s «Clyde Fans” – a surprisingly compelling story about fan salesmen in southern Ontario – and you’ll see what I mean. Everything I’ve read from Drawn and Quarterly is authentic and unusual.